The University of Birmingham has made an impressive 15 place rise to 62nd in this year's QS World University Rankings, cementing its position in the top 100 universities globally and placing it 10th in the UK.

Professor Monder Ram, Director of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME), fought off stiff competition to win the Best in Education at the British Indian Awards in Birmingham.

The Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) welcomes Dr Adrienne Dixson from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) to the University of Birmingham for an extended visit during May 2014.

Written by Professor Scott Lucas. February 2015 has already seen some major developments in Syria's four-year conflict. At the start of February, rebels launched more than 100 rockets into Damascus and the Assad regime fired mortars on areas of its own capital, hoping to discredit the insurgents. At least six people were killed in the attacks.